ponies!

this picture is backwards.

p.s. that's my new lamp.
p.p.s. ponies!

a friend of kanye's is a friend of mine

hello there. the post title is a direct quote from my brother. i laughed at first, but then thought, "nope, that's pretty accurate."

Lykke Li - Little Bit feat. Drake
Drake, a friend of Kanye's, mixed-up Lykke Li's Little Bit for his recent So Far Gone.
If you're a fan of either Li or, generally, the products of GOOD Music, you're probably gonna dig it.

If you know me at all, you can guess where I stand. : 0....


Here's a big pile of other stuff I've recently liked, for what it's worth:
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon
Kid Cudi - Switching Lanes
Kid Cudi - Dat New New
Lykke Li - Breaking it up
Wale ft. Lady Gaga - Chillin'
Metric - Help! I'm Alive
Rye feat. M.I.A. - Bang
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Clap Song
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Faces
Phoenix - Fences
Phoenix - Armistice
Phoenix - Rome
Taylor Swift - You're Not Sorry (CSI Remix)
St. Vincent - The Strangers
Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To
Boyce Avenue - 4 Minutes (cover)
Ellie Goulding - Black and Gold (cover)
Napoleon - I Love My Baby (But if anyone touches her, I'll kill them)
Boy Crisis - L'homme
Samuel - Say Goodbye
Theophilus London - Grey X Sage
Theophilus London - Sandcastle
Theophilus London - Crazy Cousins

not fair

The new one off It's Not Me, It's You. The concept is somewhere between here and there. I like it, all for Lily channeling Blondie. Want more? Try this.

hello house

My first thought about this house was, "Oh, another charming church to home conversion. Yawn. What the hell, let's take a look. What else am I doing?..." ....And ridiculous. The house, unexpected by turn, is a delightfully unassuming hodgepodge of traditional and contemporary design that could have traveled around the world and back bound by the virtues of beauty and functionality. The floating birch pod that houses the master bed & bath and the enormous/insane Venetian chandelier, in particular, make me dizzy. In fact, I hear the words "f*ck yeah" coming to mind. That pod just landed in a 19th century New England church like a alien ship from the future of Japan only to be met with some orb from Italy that looks more like a fancy space octopus. All the makings of a kitschy intergalactic war and what do we get? Answer: Sweet yielding harmony. Thank you, Jesus. In the name of art deco glass and Neapolitan bamboo we pray. Amen. Read about. Watch slideshow.

where the wild things are

Test footage from everyone's favorite Maurice Sendak story. The live-action adaptation is directed by Spike Jonze and is due out Fall 2009. From the looks of this clip, it's going to be darling.

life in stereo

Listen to this while they wiggle. See more animated stereo slides here.

Oh Mr. Bird, the things you do to my ears... Imitosis - Four Tet Remix (mp3)

Bonus: Sia - Breathe Me - Four Tet Remix (mp3)

Image Credit: Cameron Wittig

oh my gosh

there are just no words.

that's perfect.

pictures i took

Fig. 1 - A

Fig. 1 - B

i haven't really been taking photos, officially. i needed a break after this summer. so, i use my Polaroids instead. it feels like, if i'm not processing photos, then i'm not taking photos, i'm just pressing a button. digital photos are the same in that they don't count, just button pressing. i have played a little bit for the last six to eight months, between all the polaroids and some digital shots i took on a couple of film sets, i kinda like what's happening. recently, i was even bold enough to scan and post a few. yesterday, i actually took film canisters to be processed. but now, things are about to get c-r-a-z-y. i'm ready to break out the holga and cause a ruckus up in here. the stereographic holga, especially, keeps calling me, staring me down, really. oh my, the things we will soon be doing together are frightfully awesome. i'm hoping that i will go to hawaii next week and that the holgas will come with me along with a few overdue gifts for my dearest, Caroline (fig. 1-A).

i also may be doing something kinda exciting, to me. i don't want to discuss until it has actually happened. so, you know, cross your fingers or hold your breath or something.

lastly, if you love me and would like to see the results of my button-pushing-instantly-gratifying ways, click here and the facebook will illuminate the way, but take care because lately i've been hearing that the internet eats your brain and that facebook, in particular, feeds on the part where your integrity used to live.

who needs integrity? i'm a blogging facetard. i need only friends and followers. digg?

i knew they were real

Homeless people and unicorns are the same thing.
Madness from photographer Jean Yves Lemoigne via Design Crisis.

Design Crisis writer, Karly Hand, is getting creamy all over the walnut grain of that mega sideboard. I'm inclined to agree and I might actually make it with sweet model ship, if those pixel titties would just quit distracting me. Daaanng. She looks like she's made of Legos™.

See more madness.

Do pixels make you hot? Well, get your lotion and Kleenex out. This post, delineating the titillating pixellating trend, is going to have its way with you.

this is a rug

by Dan Golden spotted at the super fun Design Crisis.

today's lesson: rugs can make you lol.

the cover that never was

It's a bummer. I would love to have read this issue. The cover girl, Sara Gilbane Sullivan, is (or was to be) one of domino's top 10 designers to watch. It's nice that her name is getting out in spite of the magazine's collapse. For similar prints to the ones you see on the bed and corona, check out Aleta, or maybe Saffron Marigold.

Via Style Court.

If you seek Amy...

won't someone think of the children????


Hahahahahahahaha. Love her. How do you not? ....haters.

nerd it up

What's nerdy? I'll tell you what's nerdy. Claymation, yes, clay-annimation is awesome and totally, adorably, hopelessly nerdy. And you know what's funny? Talking animals. So, put the two together, and you just can't go wrong. Thus, I present to you...from the droll British minds that brought you the Office and other boring shows....Creature Comforts, the cutest.





I just found out they have an American version of this show now on Animal Planet. Thursdays, at 7 p.m., in case you wanted to know.

hint hint

Well, now that the anniversary of my birth is less than a week away, it seems like the perfect time to compile a gift guide for all of the procrastinators who love me and wish to shower me with gifts.

In no particular order, this is my wishlist:

The Bird and the Bee on LP

Oracular Spectacular on LP

Youth Novels on LP

Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, and People

Bananagrams!

This photo.

This print.

And lastly, happy, healthy friends & family. That's it.

butter for my bun

You're looking at 3rd place in the Murray County photo contest. I had heard about the website last month and just started uploading photographs - nearly every photograph I had of Murray County. It was the only way to share them with the community. Unfortunately, not all of them have made it into the gallery. Nothing shot with a Holga or Polaroid, at least. Tragic. With that said, a couple of the very old photographs I managed to scavenge from a dead man rescue from neglect were accepted. In any case, I did win $25. KKKAAAA ching!



This photo is of a Hispanic child arranged by his enthusiastic and broken-English speaking father. As his smile wanes, he holds the ice cream like he knows it's just an ice cream and the rest of us are crazy. Maybe, but I had just spent 10 minutes stalking an ice cream man. It almost came down to a chase. Maybe it was cruel of me, but I knew it was a shot. I thought, at least I'll get a kid. Maybe I'll get them both. The ice cream man totally makes it here, with blue eyes colder than any frozen treat. I shot as fast as I could as he twisted to peer out from around the door of the truck, so slowly. I wasn't even looking at the kid anymore, just at old blue eyes. I got him. Another soul goes into my box. Truthfully, it was a little unnerving, the way he looked back into the camera as if he could see me. A bit like that scene from Ghostbusters II when they go to photograph the painting of Vigo the awful inside the Metropolitan Museum because Sigourney Weaver's character suspects the ancient terrorist of making flirty eyes with her while she worked on his restoration. Anyone still with me?

A lot like blogging, photography, especially documentary photography feeds my need to look at things and collect.

my b

wow. It's been a whole week and a half. I guess I needed a blogging break. Sometimes it's nice to live life more and blog about it less. I got the job!!! I found out last Tuesday morning. I could hardly do anything for the rest of the day. I was so excited. I'll be in NY for two weeks in April for training at the Soho store. If anyone knows of anything I should do or check out when I'm there, please suggest.

In other news, we (Kelsey and I) threw an amazing party for Kate's birthday. She loved it. I'll go into more detail later, but, in general, there was a tremendously good time on Saturday night. I tried not to take any pictures though. I've just learned that I cannot plan a party, host it, and photograph it. Only one or two of those things can happen at any one time. And it's best if just one of them is happening. Especially after party planning as intensive as this was. I inevitably hit a point where I'm so focused on what I'm doing and every tiny detail that I have to stop talking to people or else I want to punch them in the face and I think that's a bad thing. Kelsey, on the other hand, is ridiculous. She always knows what she's doing or at least will try something. She is almost always as cool as a cucumber. So, we don't have to talk that much to make something happen. And she is really open. It's fun to work with her. We decided on a name for our one day event designing/catering business: Pretty Sweet. It's pretty good, right? A little punny, but perfectly descriptive of what we can do.

I've got to run just now, but I'll pop back a bit later today to put Curios back on track. Thanks for being patient with me.

This is where that image came from.

listening to

I found a few new songs this week at We All Want Someone to Shout For which is a really great music blog and music blogs are an excellent way to scope out new stuff and you can get free mp3s. I hope you check it out.

I'm really into Kid Cudi. I love this song. The animated video is eye candy. The song itself has an easy beat, mellow instrumentation, an addictive hook, it's good, yo. Ear candy. I'm never sure what to say about music. I know what I like. Kanye does too, apparently. That makes sense. Kid Cudi does remind me a little of Kanye - when Kanye's being cool and not acting like a crazy.
You can link to the mp3 here. courtesy: we all want someone to shout for

To see or hear more from Kid Cudi go here.


1901 by the French band Pheonix is also rockin' my brain. I dig this photo of the band, too. It's hot. I wonder if it was shot on film. Probably not, but that would make it hotter.
again, via We All Want Someone To Shout For



Lastly, from the new Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs album It's a Blitz here's the freshly leaked "Heads Will Roll." thank you, we all want someone to shout for


p.s. I had my interview today. It went well. Most of all, it was fun. As I was walking out, I realized that regardless of whether it goes through, it's been a great experience. I do hope it works out though because I get so passionate when it comes to design and furniture. I'm that kind of nerd.* Plus, I'm ready to be back in a role where I'm interacting with and helping people throughout the day. I miss that. Don't get me wrong, Emory and the CCA are great and I've gotten to be part of some really brilliant projects and initiatives, but I'm feeling a bit like a baby bird ready to stretch its wings and get away from the Alma Mater, if you know what I mean. I'm hoping to find work that I love and new ways to grow. In so many ways Room & Board seems like a great place to do that. Speaking of doing what you love, check out the blog Decor8. Holly Becker devotes a lot of her blogging to encouraging and guiding her readers as they pursue their passions throughout the broad field of design.


* my parents have both told me that as soon as i could walk i started moving around furniture. they thought i might grow up to be a furniture mover. i guess it was a pretty close approximation.

The 81st Oscars

What a beautiful production! Kudos to Danny Boyle for having the thoughtfulness to say so in his acceptance speech (and kudos to Danny Boyle for being an awesome director)! This year's Oscars were the most enjoyable that I ever remember seeing. And, to tell you the truth, I would not have guessed that Hugh Jackman would be such an incredible host! I just didn't realize what a talented performer he is. I LOVED the opening. Hilarious.


Did you catch just before the show started when the production director said that old Busby Berkeley productions from the 30s were his inspiration, among other things, for this year's show? That's what this video is, one of those giant numbers from way back when. It's a little wacky, so be warned.



My favorite moment was definitely when Kate Winslet asked her dad to "whistle or something 'cause then I'll know where you are." She's such a sweetheart. I was surprised to learn that this was her first win.*
(p.s. watch Anne Hathaway's reaction: priceless.).


Best Dress: I think my favorite dress would have to be Marissa Tomei's. It looks like Frank Gehry built it or at least got off on it.


Best Jewelry: I'll have to go with Angelina Jolie on this one. She must have traveled to the Emerald City on her most recent baby collecting trip. Seriously, those earrings are boss.

I scored a modest 15 out of 24 on my predictions. Naturally, my most confident guesses were in the areas of Art Direction, Cinematography, and Costuming and I'm pleased to announce that I nailed them all. I feel that they were all appropriately awarded. All the nominated films had beautiful, even breathtaking art direction. However, Donald Burt and Victor Zolfo made the challenges of traveling across the world and through the course of a century in Benjamin Button feel effortless. Anthony Mantel's camera work keeps your heart moving in pace with the Slumdogs of Mubai. With his eye behind the camera, the stunning shapes and colors of India come to life in the unusual modern fairytale. And don't get me started on the costumes from The Duchess. I mean, it's only about a woman known for her mad sartorial skills. There's a moment when Ralph Fienes character mentions women's fashion to her in a way that is a little trivializing and she defends style as one of the few means of self-expression women had. A fact that might still have an element of truth today when some small and scared fractions of the world still feel that women should be seen more and heard less.


*Can we take a quick moment just to have a collective "wtf?" for Meryl Streep. At this point, what does that woman have to do to get one of those naked little men statues? How can she get better?